{"product_id":"2026200006801-secondhand-pairs-and-loners","title":"Pairs And Loners","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging.Shelf wear. Good copy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA celebrated work of Australian short fiction, Pairs and Loners presents a vivid collection of stories by D'Arcy Niland, a master of capturing the raw, sun-scorched rhythms of everyday Australian life. Each story chronicles the lives of ordinary men and women — drifters, laborers, dreamers, and outcasts — rendered with sharp psychological insight and deep human empathy. Niland's prose is direct and muscular, grounding even the most quietly dramatic moments in a gritty, authentic realism that feels both timeless and distinctly Australian. The collection illustrates the tension between human connection and isolation, as characters navigate longing, hardship, and the fragile bonds that either sustain or fracture them. Readers familiar with Niland's celebrated novel The Shiralee will recognize the same compassionate, unsentimental voice that made him one of the most distinctive storytellers of mid-twentieth-century Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810572447963,"sku":"2026200006801-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fd534214-d5ab-4cf3-b9f1-b8cb8a2a7a5e.png?v=1779805421","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006801-secondhand-pairs-and-loners","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}